Day: August 19, 2008

  • Our Trip to Las Vegas: A Reflection

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    Note: Originally Published 1-6-07 As my wife and I both have careers that afford us the luxury of vacation time between December 23rd and January 8th, we decided that to sit around the house twiddling our thumbs, while inexpensive, would be a terribly foolish use of time on our parts.  Hence, in an incredibly impulsive…

  • Meeting Michael Chabon

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    Note:  Originally Published 5-24-07 About a year ago, Michael Chabon (who is, in my opinion, America’s greatest living author) had been scheduled to do a book signing at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago in order to promote his latest novel, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union.  One problem-the book got delayed for many different reasons. That…

  • The Best Book You’ve Never Read

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    Note: Originally Published 6-9-07 About once a year, I like to remind my friends that there is a superb book out there they’ve never read.  It’s by a terribly talented man from my neck of the woods named Ken Bradbury.  The book is a short story collection called homerville, and if you grew up or…

  • The Importance of Action

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    Note:  Originally Published 10-14-07 You may have seen on the news lately the wise and all-knowing talking heads are coming down pretty hard on Barack Obama because he dared to put on a suit without an American flag pin on his lapel.  It must have been a slow news day, for this thing blew up…